Defence
US heavy combat equipment to be brought to Lithuania’s Gaižiūnai
American heavy combat equipment is scheduled to be brought by train to Gaižiūnai Training Range in Jonava District, central Lithuania, on Saturday. […]
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Seminar in Stockholm – on 2014 NATO summit decisions and implications for Baltics, Europe and Trans-Atlantic relations
Addressing the participants of the conference, organised by the Swedish Atlantic Council, the Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 1 October, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas welcomed the decisions adopted in Cardiff and stressed the necessity of their urgent and smooth implementation. […]
Defence
Defence
Ship with US heavy combat equipment arrives in Klaipėda
A vessel bringing heavy combat equipment of the US troops deployed for combined exercises with Lithuanian military has arrived in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda on Wednesday. […]
Defence
Vessel with heavy US military equipment to dock in Lithuania’s Klaipėda port
A ship carrying heavy military equipment of US troops will dock at the Lithuania seaport of Klaipėda on Wednesday. The equipment will be used for a joint exercise with Lithuanian soldiers. […]
Defence
Up to 100 Lithuanian soldiers to serve in Afghanistan next year
Up to 100 Lithuanian soldiers will serve in the NATO mission in Afghanistan next year, training Afghan forces, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Tuesday. […]
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Competing interests threaten Baltic pressure on Russia
With the September 30 review of EU sanctions against Russia approaching, the Baltic states are among several countries interested in maintaining the pressure on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis. However, Baltic nations are also operating under significant constraints, including the region’s economic ties to Russia and the competing interests of larger EU countries that want to improve relations with Moscow. […]
Opinion
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Moscow’s plan to decoy the West
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]
Defence
Defence
Lithuanian soldiers see off third rotation of US colleagues
The third rotation of troops from the United States Army in Europe’s 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade were seen off at a formal ceremony held at Rukla garrison last Wednesday. After nearly two months of combined combat training, it will be replaced by the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, stationed in Texas, U.S.A., that will continue the joint training with Lithuanian forces, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė at UN General Assembly: Silent consent to aggression does not help global stability
Global peace is not a self-evident fact but common responsibility of all countries, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said in her speech at the general debate of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s governing coalition backs 400m litas defence budget increase
National defence funding will be increased by 400 million litas (over EUR 115 million) next year, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Friday after the ruling coalition’s Friday discussion of the 2015 national budget. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Defence Ministry discusses decisions of NATO Summit
On 23-24 September NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) General Adrian Bradshaw paid a visit to the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė met with Hillary Clinton
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York. The meeting focused on new challenges to European and global security, further development of transatlantic relations, and bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the United States of America, the presidential press service said. […]
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Amid conflict, Poland pushes Ukraine to align with West
Throughout the conflict in Ukraine, Poland has tried to use competition between Russia and the West to advance its own interests, which include pulling Ukraine further into the Western camp and pushing for stronger NATO commitment to bolstering Poland against Russia. However, Poland will be limited in its ability to meet its objectives, especially because the next few months will likely see a de-escalation of the stand-off in Ukraine. For its part, Warsaw will continue to pursue regional cooperation initiatives to mitigate the threat from Moscow. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Political observer says detention of Lithuanian fishing vessel evokes worrying associations
The Lithuanian fishing vessel “Jūrų Vilkas” (“Sea Wolf”) was detained by Russian officials at a significant time – when Vilnius was hosting the meeting of NATO Military Committee, the alliance’s supreme military organ. This cannot be a coincidence, says political scientist Nerijus Maliukevičius of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Armed Forces must now do their homework, chief of defence says
Chief of Defence of Lithuania, Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas, expressed his delight with interesting and intense discussions on further NATO’s actions in response to the changed international security situation when summarizing the results of NATO Military Committee Conference 2014 in Vilnius, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Defence
Foreign Minister Linkevičius presented Lithuania’s proposals to US general
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius presented on Saturday Lithuania’s proposals to the top US military officer on ways to implement plans on additional military measures the Alliance is taking in response to Russia‘s aggression in Ukraine. […]